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Emily lost her job in a jewelry store and can’t find work in her hometown. She takes her cat and her few belongings, says goodbye to her only friend and drives west to live with her aunt. Exhausted from driving, she stops at The Gas Station Motel. The only room available is down a dimly lit interior hall, where she’ll be locked inside until morning when the vacant store opens. Something is off about the situation, but she takes the room anyway, desperate to close her eyes and sleep before hitting the road in the morning.

On Christmas Eve, Francesca gets a call from her wealthy grandmother. Her father is dead. He promised to leave her an apartment building when he passed away and told her she’d be rich beyond her wildest dreams. But he didn’t have a will. Her aloof grandmother will leave the estate to the gardener, who is by her side, helping her every day. But Francesca won’t let her dreams of wealth wither. She’s determined to claw back the money she deserves.

The Otis, an inconsequential river—not the Hudson—flows through Wattsville, a small city a few hours north, but a universe away from the real City, capital C. You might think the everyday people who live here, in this land of scarce opportunity, are also inconsequential. Until you meet them.

In Abundance Leaders: Creating Energy, Joy, and Productivity in an Unsettled World, renowned management consultant and lecturer Laura Freebairn-Smith delivers a rigorous and practical discussion of energetic, joyful, and productive leadership. In the book, you’ll learn what sets leaders with an “abundance mindset” apart from those with a “scarcity mindset,” and why the former creates work environments that generate superior performance when compared to those created by the latter.

LA's historic Bellstone Country Club is famous for its star-studded membership, championship golf course, and glamorous parties. Here, sexy golfer Mandy Manville is expected to win the club's Women's Golf Championship, which will qualify her to tee it up with legendary golfers in Scotland's Cialis Open. But when ex-college star golfer Jody Benson joins the club, Mandy's beautifully manicured nails become claws, as she stops at nothing to keep the newcomer from entering the tournament.

Are you longing for ways to heal and increase abundance naturally? Do you crave a deeper connection to the magic of Mother Earth? In this captivating book, Madeline Silvy, a passionate and dedicated witch, shares her extensive knowledge of herbs, plants, flowers, woods, crystals, and essential oils to help you tap into the powerful energies of the natural world.

Rescued from an uncertain fate by a handsome doctor, Bette Watson found herself stranded in Fairfield Corners. When she was able to return to her home in Denver a few days later, she was disappointed the doctor hadn’t asked her to stay.

What sort of life does a girl from a small town live while carrying the burden of abuse? A surprisingly rich, complicated, and unexpected one. With candor and vulnerability, Rebecca E. Chandler’s courageous memoir takes listeners on a journey as she navigates relationships, her career, and self-discovery while living with trauma, complex PTSD, and multiple personality disorder. Through perseverance, Rebecca’s story is one of transformation as she moves beyond the yoke of “Rebecca the Survivor” and comes to accept and love herself.

Ashleigh and Tommy Gallagher are fully fledged members of the “Sandwich Generation” who move in with Tommy’s aging parents, John and Peggy, to rescue them from bankruptcy. At the same time, they’re also raising their two teenagers, Emily and Troy.

Marni Rome lives a happy life with her husband and two beautiful children. Her heart is filled with love for them. It’s a life that excites her every morning when she gets out of bed. She is lucky to be living in a beautiful home overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and she loves her career as a crime fiction novelist.

Overtime offers a current, revelatory corrective to our understanding of the future of the American workforce and aging. Experts across economics, sociology, psychology, political science, and epidemiology examine how increasing economic and social inequalities, coupled with changes across generations or birth cohorts, call for a rethinking of the working-longer policy framework. Together, they argue that policies affecting work must be considered alongside policies affecting retirement and provide a path forward to achieve better retirement security for all Americans.

A smalltown librarian finds himself trapped in a high-stakes game between eccentric, ultra-rich businessmen. A ghost from the past appears in the middle of a contented marriage. A Russian clockmaker crafts an illicit piece that travels over continents and centuries.

Following a horrific trauma in her life, Laura, along with her young son, escape to the small coastal town of Brooksville in Maine. Her quest for a peaceful life, removed of sorrow and loss, proves to be fruitful when she meets and falls in love with a local attorney.

Yes, Gurus don’t diet. They don’t use substances to mask or numb themselves from emotional pain and fears either. They empower themselves to look at their emotions, thoughts, and body sensations mindfully. With presence of mind, they uncover old patterns of thinking and believing that no longer make sense, except within the unexamined vault of wounds.

Parent Like a Guru provides stories, thoughts, and experiences that inspire and empowers you to let go of everything you think parenting is about. It's letting go of how you perceive yourself as a parent, guardian, or grandparent. Its intention is to support you in letting go of the stresses and the worries, plus the hoped-for outcomes of all the blood, sweat, and tears you have brought to this role as parents.

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who love cats and those who don't. If you fall in the first category, this audiobook is for you! Here goes the necessary slew of terrible puns: Fur a purr-fectly great time that'll have you paw-sitively at the edge of your seats, grab this trivia book.... I'm not kitten you! Whether it's your fave's feline's purr-thday, or you just want to hang around with your family or furr-ends, more than 130 questions on all things cats will leave you feeling happier and smarter than you were before.

The ulti-mutt must-have for a paw-fectly amazing time! Okay, that's it for terrible puns, promise. But in this book, you'll find loads of fascinating trivia questions for dog lovers, and some fun facts. Great for all ages, while driving in the car to just wanting to spend some time with the family and off the devices. This won't disappoint!

With aging, regardless of which stage of life we are talking about, there is a metamorphosis taking place. In truth, it scares the bejeesus out of each and every one of us. Why? Because we don't know how to do this thing called aging. We would rather practice tried and true denial. Who wants to admit to themselves, or anyone else, the degree to which they feel powerless and helpless about what’s happening to them? Um, like, no one!

Two women downsized by corporate America move to Maine to raise chickens and sell organic eggs, and discover more than they bargained for, including love! An up-lifting romance, Hens and Chickens is the first book in the five-volume Sovereign Series by Maine farmer and author Jennifer Wixson.

Zella Capp has built her life on independence and a carefully guarded secret. When she’s offered the chance to lead an ambitious new publication for Denwall Department Stores, Zella's thrust into the world of Philadelphia’s high society, where reputations can shatter with a mere whisper. As she juggles chaotic production deadlines and dazzling social events, Zella finds herself drawn to Bert Walraven, an executive who prefers numbers to people and whose recent brush with death has left him guarded.